Mount Hood Government Camp Cache

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Mount Hood Government Camp Cache

Lost Treasure OR • Clackamas County County
Description
Cascade foothills legend of stolen treasure buried at Government Camp near the base of Mount Hood — classic Oregon mountain pass outlaw cache folklore.
Historical Notes
Government Camp sits on the Mount Hood corridor where nineteenth-century travelers and timber workers moved goods between the Willamette Valley and central Oregon. Legends of America reports a cache of stolen valuables hidden in the Government Camp area without documented recovery. The tale belongs to Clackamas County's Mount Hood treasure cluster alongside Hood River stage stories.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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